27 people lashed in public in Kabul

FE Team | Published: December 09, 2022 21:10:29

An Afghan judge hits a woman with a whip in front of a crowd in Ghor province, Afghanistan, after being sentenced to 100 lashes for adultery — Reuters

ISLAMABAD, Dec 09 (AP): Twenty-seven people were lashed in public on Thursday in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan as punishment for alleged adultery, theft, drug offenses and other crimes, according to a court official.
Afghanistan's new authorities have implemented hard-line policies since they took over the country in August 2021 that have underlined their interpretation of Islamic law, or Sharia.
The country's Supreme Court issued the final rulings after appeals. In a statement, the court said the lashings took place in the northern province of Parwan, with 18 men and nine women punished in all.
Abdul Rahim Rashid, an official with the court, said the men and women were each lashed between 25 to 39 times. An unspecified number of those punished also received two-year prison terms in Charakar, the provincial capital, he added.
The lashings were carried out before a "public gathering of locals and officials," Rashid added.
Provincial officials and local residents attended the public punishments, during which officials spoke about the importance of Sharia law, added the court statement.